Denise Caston-Clark

Lecturer, Theatre
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Denise Caston-Clark began choreographing for OU in 2019 (“Urinetown”) and as a lecturer in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance in 2021. She is a recipient of the 2014 MaTilDa Award for Alumni Achievement in Dance.

Denise was a Radio City Rockette for 10 years and toured nationally with the Tony Award-winning musical “Crazy For You.” She worked with Savion Glover and performed his work at a showcase for Broadway Dance Center New York City. She performed on tour in Australia, dancing all over the continent in “Elvis to the Max.” Her choreography has been seen in many productions in which she performed, including shows at Caesars Windsor in Ontario, Canada. Credits also include film, television, commercials and industrials.

She was on the faculty at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway in New York City, and recently founded and currently directs Tap Dance Detroit. Other teaching credits include Debbie Allen Dance Academy Summer Intensive, Gregg Russell's Tap Into the Network, Big Apple Tap Festival (NYC) and The Rockette Experience© at Radio City Music Hall.

In 2011, Denise was invited to speak at the TEDx Detroit Conference about her contributions to the cultural landscape in Detroit, including founding and producing Motor City Tap Fest and founding the Detroit Tap Repertory.

She is an American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum Certified teacher.

Denise is excited to be joining the production team at Priscilla Beach Theatre as the choreographer of their upcoming production of “Something Rotten.”